Mr. Gibson had been a resident of the Peninsula for 66 years, and was a 1955
graduate of Newport News High School. Linwood was a charter member of New Hope
Pentecostal Holiness Church. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, and a member of the
Drum and Bugle Corps. He was a printer for Southern Color Print, for 18 years,
and retired as a printer with Civil Service at Ft. Eustis.

Survivors include his wife, Rita S. Gibson; three children, Ginger Buskee and
her husband, Pat, Linwood "Tommy" Gibson Jr., and Joyce Allen and her husband,
Mark, all of Newport News; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Linwood Gibson

Visitation will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. tonight, Nov. 21, 2011, at W. J. Smith
& Son Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22,
at New Hope Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Larry Jones officiating.
Burial will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park.

The family would like to express their sincere thanks to the 3rd floor nurses at
Mary Immaculate Hospital, and to Bon Secours Home Health Care and Hospice.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to New Hope Pentecostal
Holiness Church, Building Fund, 80 Groome Road, Newport News, VA 23601.

•When we lose someone we love, it
seems that time stands still.
•What moves through us is a silence,
a quiet sadness, a longing for one
more day, one more word, one more
touch, we may not understand why you
left this earth so soon, or why you
left before we were ready to say
good-bye, but little by little, we
begin to remember not just that you
died, but that you lived. And that
your life gave us memories too
beautiful to forget.
•Please accept my heartfelt sympathy
on the passing of your loved one. my
thoughts and prayers will be with
all of you, love you all Darlene

~ Darlene Smith, Jackson,
Michigan

November 21,
2011

I will be missing you in the Garage, Linwood.

Hope to see you where you are.

Jim P

~ Jim Post, Newport News, Virginia

November 21,
2011

Keeping you and your family in our
thoughts and prayers.

~ Michael & Donna Thorson,
Newport News, Virginia

November 21,
2011

Rita & family,
He would try to charge me for the air for my bicycle tires. He was
like a father to me. He always knew when I needed prayer. He also
helped me with my walk with the Lord. He had many nicknames for me.
We will someday see him again. He will be missed. Like he would say,
"See you by & by". Love & Prayers,

~ Robert O. Eversole III, Newport News, Virginia

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Our deepest sympathies
are extended to the Gibson family and their friends at this difficult
time.